Cops charge 6 people in raid after probe of Suboxone sale

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Feb 16, 2013 at 2:00 AM

Nathan Brown

WASHINGTONVILLE — A Washingtonville man has been charged with selling Suboxone film, following a three-months-long investigation, village police said.

Village police, with the help of state police and Orange County sheriffs narcotics units and a police dog and his handler from the City of Middletown, executed a search warrant early Friday morning at the Main Street apartment.

Police said they found John Reyes, 30, in the bedroom at the apartment.

Reyes was taken into custody without incident, and police said they found the drugs, packaging material and money.

Suboxone is used to treat opiate addiction but can also be abused; the film is taken by placing it under the tongue. During the investigation, three other adults and two juveniles who weren't the targets in the operation were arrested, accused of marijuana and pill possession or sales, said Washingtonville Sgt. Kenneth Lopez Jr. Reyes was arraigned in Town of Blooming Grove Court and sent to Orange County jail, where he was being held in lieu of $50,000 cash bail or $100,000 bond.